As a deity name
Name 547 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 714 of the Krishna Sahasranāma — Mahabharata / Padma Purana, as taught by Sages and Devotees
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Recorded as a personal name: an author
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (8)Why this matches what you typed
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Dictionary citations
parānanda m. (or ˚rān˚? cf. under parā below) N. of an author
Alternative readings
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